Nicole A. Waligora-Davis

Professor Waligora-Davis is author of Sanctuary: African Americans and the American Empire (Oxford University Press, 2011). An associate editor of Remembering Jim Crow (New Press, 2001), her essays have appeared in Centennial ReviewAfrican American ReviewModern Fiction Studies, and Mississippi Quarterly. Professor Waligora-Davis teaches courses in African American and American literature and culture. Her research interests include critical race theory, immigration studies with a special emphasis on political asylum and refugees, black internationalism, and criminology.